Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antimatter

/ˈæn.tiˌmæt.ɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-mat-ter
IPA: /ˈæn.tiˌmæt.ɚ/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter.

Uncountable

noun

A form of matter that has a key property, such as charge, opposite to that of ordinary matter.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But most theories predict that equal amounts of matter and antimatter should have been produced during the big bang, and the mystery of what happened to all the antimatter is a central question in fundamental physics."
"Particles of matter and antimatter are identical, except for an opposite electrical charge. An electron has a negative charge whereas its antiparticle, the positron, has a positive charge, and both have an identical mass."

Etymology

From anti- + matter. Coined by British physicist Arthur Schuster in 1898 to describe matter that resists gravity in a jocular article in Nature titled "Potential Matter.—A Holiday Dream", but not used in a modern sense until the 1940s.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈæn.tiˌmæt.ɚ/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

antimatters (plural) anti-matter (alternative)

Phrases

antimatter rocket

Frequently Paired Words

antiparticle

Rhymes With

matter latter batter scatter chatter flatter platter shatter fatter hatter splatter patter

Questions

How do you pronounce antimatter?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæn.tiˌmæt.ɚ/.
What does antimatter mean?: Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter.
Where does antimatter come from?: From anti- + matter. Coined by British physicist Arthur Schuster in 1898 to describe matter that resists gravity in a jocular article in Nature titled "Potential Matter.—A Holiday Dream", but not used in a modern sense until the 1940s.

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